Cessna 172M accident near Yamhill, OR
On June 24, 2005, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yamhill, OR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 24, 2005
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.362°N, 123.356°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050628X00881
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 23, 2005, about 2030 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N4368R, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the ground in an uncontrolled descent following a loss of control during a go-around from the Flying M Airport near Yamhill, Oregon. The flight instructor and the student pilot received fatal injuries, and the passenger received serious injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Hillsboro Flying Club of Portland, Oregon. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight departed from the Portland-Hillsboro Airport about 1945. In an interview conducted by the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC), the passenger stated that she wanted to go flying with her boyfriend, the student pilot, to see how he was doing. She knew she could only fly with him when he was flying with his flight instructor. The arrangements for the flight were made about a week before it took place. The day of the flight was a beautiful day, so she knew they would be going. When asked what they had planned for the flight, the passenger said "all we were supposed to do is go on a flight so I could see how [the student pilot] was doing." The plan was to land at Twin Oaks Airport, Hillsboro, Oregon. While at Twin Oaks, the flight instructor would sign off the student pilot to make solo flights there in the future. The plan "did not happen." The student pilot was seated in the left front seat, the flight instructor was seated in the right front seat, and she was s
Probable cause
The flight instructor's excessive climb and failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the ground. Contributing factors were the flight instructor's improper decision making.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
